Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 13, 2020

The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning with Chinese guided-missile destroyers and frigates took part in a combat exercise in the Western Pacific in April 2018. Ministry of National Defense of China

Military Times/Stars and Stripes: China Sends Aircraft Carrier near Japan, Taiwan as US Navy Struggles with Coronavirus

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan -- Japan and Taiwan kept watch on the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its strike group as they steamed through the Miyako Strait and past Taiwan over the weekend, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense and published reports Monday.

The Liaoning and five accompanying warships passed through the 155-mile-wide strait halfway between the Japanese islands of Okinawa and Miyako on Saturday, turned south and passed east of Taiwan on Sunday, according to reports. The strait is wide enough to qualify as an international waterway.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 13, 2020

Chinese aircraft carrier sails past Japan, Taiwan -- UPI

Taiwan scrambles warships as PLA Navy aircraft carrier strike group heads for the Pacific -- SCMP

China and Vietnam ‘likely to clash again’ as they build maritime militias -- SCMP

Japan Intercepted Chinese Military Aircraft 675 Times in Fiscal Year 2019 -- The Diplomat

Europe's armed forces face a war against coronavirus as military infections rise -- World Economic Forum

Military Times/AP: World's Militaries Face a New Enemy in Virus Outbreak -- Military Times/AP

Despite COVID-19, U.S. Military Remains Ready to Fight -- US Department of Defense

Almost 600 Sailors on Carrier Roosevelt Have Tested Positive for COVID-19 -- USNI News

Pentagon May Relocate One of its 2 Navy Hospital Ships -- Military.com

Pentagon awards $415M contract for machines to disinfect N95 masks -- the Hill

Pilots complete carrier qualifications aboard USS Gerald R. Ford -- UPI

Navy Cancels Carrier Homecoming Plans Amid Coronavirus Pandemic -- Military.com

General Dynamics nabs $55.9M to make missile tubes for U.S., Britain -- UPI

US Air Force Wants to Refit Lancer Bombers to Carry 31 Hypersonic Missiles Each -- Sputnik

Boeing resumes production of P-8, KC-46 military planes -- UPI

Boeing to reopen the KC-46 and P-8 production lines -- Defense News

Lawmakers cry foul as Trump considers retreating from Open Skies Treaty -- The Hill

Relations Between The White House And Military Leadership -- NPR

First candidate for US Army’s future tactical drone gets first soldier-operated flight -- Defense News

Destroyer Captain Was Fired for Lying About Ship's Position: Navy Investigation -- Military.com/The San Diego Union-Tribune

Military 'Spear Phishing' Scams Surge as Pentagon Shifts to Telework -- Military.com

It's Official: Most Zoom Versions Now Off-Limits to the Military -- Military.com

US Government Approves $155 Million Sales of Torpedoes, Missiles to India -- Sputnik

US Officials: Missile Defense Systems Now Operating in Iraq -- Military.com/AP

Patriot deployment to Iraq is helpful, but insufficient against Iran -- Bradley Bowman and Maj. Liane Zivitski, Defense News

‘Mistakes Were Made’: US’ $100 Million Niger Air Base May Have Violated Law - IG Report -- Sputnik

The 4 Types Of Narco Submarines The US Military Faces -- Forbes

US State Dept. clears sales of Dutch weapons, South Korean F-35 support -- Defense News

Russian Army Receives Its First Backfitted T-90M Tanks Codenamed 'Breakthrough' -- Sputnik

Vladimir Putin says Russia may need army to help battle coronavirus crisis after record daily rise in cases -- Evening Standard